May 29, 2017 Even with iron ore prices diving, NASA fast tracks mission to $10,000 quadrillion asteroid If NASA is successful in its mission to 16 Psyche, one of the most massive asteroids found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, humans will have a first ever…
May 28, 2017 Plan to restart Bloom Lake Mine gets $40M boost + offtake The Bloom Lake Mine's new owner earlier this month announced new cash for upgrades to the shuttered operation and an offtake agreement with a Japanese trading company to receive iron…
May 26, 2017 Iron ore crashes again to below $58 a tonne Ore with 62% content in Qingdao lost $2.33 a tonne to close at $57.91, data from the Metal Bulletin shows, hitting a seven-month low and marking the commodity third consecutive…
May 25, 2017 Swedish miner begins massive relocation of whole city While some residents of Kiruna have moved already, the first of the town’s historic buildings has just been hoisted up on a truck and transported to its new location.
May 24, 2017 Iron ore price drops to 7-month low Chinese stockpiles at new record high and sovereign debt downgrade worry investors.
May 24, 2017 Power plan to bridge gap between farmers and miners Remote mining projects in farming areas could soon access baseload electricity from biomass plants powered by straw.
May 24, 2017 CEO sees little chance of Samarco restart in 2017 30m tonnes per year operation jointly owned by BHP and Vale shuttered since November 2015 following dam burst.
May 23, 2017 Blow to iron ore price as Chinese steelmakers opt for scrap Chinese furnaces make the most of slump in domestic prices to double scrap charge rates which could displace as much as 70 million tonnes of iron ore.
May 22, 2017 Rio Tinto launches new debt reduction programme The company said that today’s announcement is part of its ongoing capital management plan.
May 19, 2017 BSGR may have to pay $1.2bn for no show at Simandou-related hearing The company, which could lose the arbitration as a result, will have to pay the amount to former partner Vale.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
